Thread subject: Diptera.info :: which Tachinidae?

Posted by Ira Orlicek on 10-09-2018 09:45
#1

Hallo!

Is it possible to determine a Tachinidae based on the parasitized caterpillar?

Grein/Upper Austria, 9.9.2018, fly: ca. 7mm
Caterpillar: Sphinx pinastri (ca. 45mm) on Pinus strobus.

Thanks Ira

Posted by Zeegers on 15-09-2018 17:19
#2

It is a Winthemia, the host suggests cruentata.

Theo

Posted by Ira Orlicek on 15-09-2018 23:44
#3

Thanks!

Ira